News from the month of October regarding child and family well-being from Massachusetts and across the country.
News Across Massachusetts:
- Judges Stretched Thin In Busy Juvenile Court (State House News Service)
- Behind closed doors in Massachusetts’s shelters: An unseen maternal health crisis (Boston Globe)
- Summit featuring former NFL star explores paths to healthy school cultures (Daily Hampshire Gazette)
- Domestic Violence Is Everyone’s Challenge: Here’s What You Can Do - Opinion (Fall River Reporter)
- Mass. Child Advocate investigating death of Worcester 4-year-old (Boston25 News)
- Massachusetts awards $20M in universal pre-K grants (WPRI)
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News Across the Country:
- Hurricane Helene's Impact on Schools and Children in North Carolina (EdPost)
- LA To Study Guaranteed Income Plan For Violence Victims, Foster Youth (CA Patch)
- SNAP Benefits to Change in October: Here's Who's Impacted (Newsweek)
- AI ban ordered after child protection worker used ChatGPT in Victorian (Australia) court case (The Guardian)
- 5 Ways State Education Agencies Can Support Students in the Foster System - Opinion (The Century Foundation)
- The Pandemic’s Blueprint for a Better Child Welfare System (The Imprint)
- Girls’ Vision for the Future: International Day of the Girl 2024 (UNICEF)
- Advocates call for new cabinet-level state agency to oversee children’s behavioral health (Rhode Island Current)
- What schools should know about the insurance crisis in foster care (EdSource)
- How Do Federal Agencies Compensate Community Members for Bringing Their Expertise to Policies and Programs? (Urban Institute)
- Preventing Child Welfare System Involvement: Opportunities for Primary Care and Medicaid to Advance Health Equity (Center for Health Care Strategies)
- President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy (Associated Press)
- Child welfare reform bill is essential; more is needed for incarcerated mothers - Opinion (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)